Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Sony Xperia T2 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Sony Samsung
Announced June 2012 January 2014 August 2014
Status Available - July 2012 Available - January 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Purple Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
165.2 x 83.8 x 7.7 mm
(6.5 x 3.3 x 0.3 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 340 g (11.99 oz) 171.7 g / 172.4 g (6.03.0.25 oz / 6.07.0.14 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D5303
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D5306
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - D5303 LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.4 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8928 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430
GPU ULP GeForce - Mali-T628 MP6
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 8 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen, TRILUMINOS™ Display, Mobile BRAVIA engine 2 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 6.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (245 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 71.55% 66.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR 2160p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.1 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge No Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 3000 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 1071 h (2G)
Up to 1046 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 24 h (3G)
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